# 114-hr-6299: American Food for American Schools Act of 2016

114-hr-6299, American Food for American Schools Act of 2016, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA); status Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-6299
- Congress: 114
- Title: American Food for American Schools Act of 2016
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- Introduced: 2016-11-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Agriculture and Food
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

American Food for American Schools Act of 2016 This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require school food authorities (SFAs) to request a waiver from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to purchase foreign commodities or products for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). (Under current law, Buy American provisions require SFAs to purchase, to the maximum extent practicable, domestic commodities or products for the NSLP. There are limited exceptions which permit the purchase of non-domestic products in circumstances when using domestic products is truly not practicable. If an SFA uses an exception, there is no requirement to request a waiver to purchase a foreign product or commodity, but the SFA must keep documentation justifying the exception.) USDA may not grant a waiver for an SFA to purchase foreign commodities or products unless: (1) the commodities or products are not produced or manufactured domestically in sufficient amounts or of satisfactory quality, (2) the domestic commodities or products would be significantly higher in price than foreign commodities or products, and (3) the SFA agrees to make the waiver publicly available on its website and meet other specified notification requirements.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1] (R-CA), 2016-11-29T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [114-hr-6299 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/6299)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-6299 (as of 2025-11-18).